From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Comparing the price of Goodyear or Goodrich tyres in the USA with the price of tyres in the UK, requesting the cost for Dunlop tyres.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 45\1\ Scan177 | |
| Date | 9th February 1921 | |
| W/S. To C. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} r.f.c. X.4050. X.4054 [crossed out] RE. TYRES. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}2/LGS.2.21. Whilst I was in the U.S.A. I found that our R-R Company there were buying Goodyear or Goodrich straight-sided tyres at 192 dollars for a set of six covers and 22 dollars for a set of six inner tubes. This price appeared to me to be very cheap compared with what we pay over here for the same tyres. I understand there is no duty on the tyres to come over to England. Could you let us know what we actually pay for Dunlop tyres 895 x 150. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} [STAMP: RECEIVED EFC FEB 9 1921] | ||